Palmisano, Stephen A/Prof

Head Of

• School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences Head of Postgraduate Studies 2018 -

Member Of

• Frontiers in Virtual Reality Action Editor 2020 -
• UOW Review of Research and Research Training Subjects Working Group Member 2020 -
• VISTA (Vision: Science to Applications) Affiliate member 2020 -
• Vision (The Journal) Editorial Board Member 2020 -
• York University: The Centre for Vision Research Affiliate member 2020 -
• Higher Degree Research Training Advisory Committee 2019 -
• Defense Working Group Faculty of Social Sciences Representative 2018 -
• The Australasian Experimental Psychology Society Member 2000 -
• The Vision Sciences Society Member 1998 -
• ERA 1700 FOR CODE Champion and member of the REI Leadership Group 2018
• University Publication Management System Evaluation Committee Member 2017
• Centre for Health Initiatives Research Director (Human Factors & Work) 2015 - 2017
• Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Director of Early Career Research, Engagement and Development 2014 - 2017
• Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty Research Committee 2013 - 2016
• Frontiers in Psychology (Perception Science) Special Issue Editor 2015
• Centre of Psychophysics, Psychophysiology and Psychopharmacology Research Centre Director 2011 - 2014
• Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Research Committee 2007 - 2013
• Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Research Committee 2001 - 2003

Has Collaborator

• Barry, Robert J.  Professor
• Chan, Amy YC.  Dr. & Honours Coordinator
• Croft, Rodney J.  Available as Research Supervisor
• De Blasio, Frances  Dr
• Favelle, Simone K.  Available as Research Supervisor
• Hill, Harold C.   Dr.
• Miellet, Sebastien R.  Dr.
• Pedram, Shiva  Dr.
• Perez, Pascal  Senior Professor
• Roodenrys, Steven  Available as Research Supervisor
• Stapley, Paul J.  Professor, Sensorimotor Neuroscience

Selected Publications

• Journal Article

  Year	Title
  2020	Cybersickness in Head-Mounted Displays Is Caused by Differences in the User's Virtual and Physical Head Pose Published In Frontiers in Virtual Reality
  2020	Effects of dynamic field-of-view restriction on cybersickness and presence in HMD-based virtual reality Published In Virtual Reality: research, development and applications
  2020	Examining the potential of virtual reality to deliver remote rehabilitation Published In Computers in Human Behavior
  2020	Investigating the process of mine rescuers' safety training with immersive virtual reality: A structural equation modelling approach Published In Computers and Education
  2020	Multisensory integration and the experience of scene instability, presence and cybersickness in virtual environments Published In Computers in Human Behavior
  2020	The Shepard–Risset glissando: identifying the origins of metaphorical auditory vection and motion sickness Published In Multisensory Research
  2020	The stereoscopic advantage for vection persists despite reversed disparity Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
  2019	Effects of postural stability, active control, exposure duration and repeated exposures on HMD induced cybersickness Published In Displays
  2019	Effects of steering locomotion and teleporting on cybersickness and presence in HMD-based virtual reality Published In Virtual Reality: research, development and applications
  2019	Frequency-dependent and montage-based differences in phosphene perception thresholds via transcranial alternating current stimulation Published In Bioelectromagnetics
  2019	Perceived Scene Stability Predicts Presence and Cybersickness Published In i-Perception
  2019	The factors affecting the quality of learning process and outcome in virtual reality environment for safety training in the context of mining industry Published In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
  2019	Vection induced by low-level motion extracted from complex animation films Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2019	Vection strength increases with simulated eye-separation Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
  2018	A qualitative evaluation of the role of virtual reality as a safety training tool for the mining industry Published In Lecture Notes in Computer Science
  2018	Postural stability predicts the likelihood of cybersickness in active HMD-based virtual reality Published In Displays
  2018	Predicting vection and visually induced motion sickness based on spontaneous postural activity Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2018	The search for instantaneous vection: An oscillating visual prime reduces vection onset latency Published In PLoS One
  2018	Vection Is Enhanced by Increased Exposure to Optic Flow Published In i-Perception
  2018	Vection increases with optic flow exposure duration Published In i-Perception
  2018	View specific generalisation effects in face recognition: Front and yaw comparison views are better than pitch Published In PLoS One
  2017	Cortical Correlates of the Simulated Viewpoint Oscillation Advantage for Vection Published In Multisensory Research
  2017	The Oscillating Potential Model of Visually Induced Vection Published In i-Perception
  2017	The Shepard–Risset glissando: music that moves you Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2017	Vection and cybersickness generated by head-and-display motion in the Oculus Rift Published In Displays
  2016	Age-related effects of increasing postural challenge on eye movement onset latencies to visual targets Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2016	Identifying objective EEG based markers of linear vection in depth Published In Frontiers in Psychology
  2016	Relative visual oscillation can facilitate visually induced self-motion perception Published In i-Perception
  2016	Stereoscopic advantages for vection induced by radial, circular, and spiral optic flows Published In Journal of Vision
  2016	The nature and timing of tele-pseudoscopic experiences Published In i-Perception
  2016	Vection depends on perceived surface properties Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
  2015	Change magnitude does not guide attention in an object change detection task Published In Perception
  2015	Future challenges for vection research: definitions, functional significance, measures, and neural bases Published In Frontiers in Psychology
  2015	The Oculus Rift: a cost-effective tool for studying visual-vestibular interactions in self-motion perception Published In Frontiers in Psychology
  2015	Walking without optic flow reduces subsequent vection Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2014	Binocular contributions to linear vertical vection Published In Journal of Vision
  2014	Chaos in balance: Non-linear measures of postural control predict individual variations in visual illusions of motion Published In PLoS One
  2014	Evidence against an ecological explanation of the jitter advantage for vection Published In Frontiers in Psychology
  2014	Illusory scene shearing during real and illusory self-rotations in roll Published In i-Perception
  2014	Monocular and binocular edges enhance the perception of stereoscopic slant Published In Vision Research
  2014	Spontaneous postural sway predicts the strength of smooth vection Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2014	The role of perceived speed in vection: Does perceived speed modulate the jitter and oscillation advantages? Published In PLoS One
  2013	Perceived gravitoinertial force during vection Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
  2013	Perception of smooth and perturbed vection in short-duration microgravity Published In Journal of Vision
  2013	Spontaneous postural instability predicts susceptibility to smooth vection Published In Journal of Vision
  2013	The role of monocular regions in the perception of stereoscopic surfaces Published In Perception
  2013	Vection in depth during treadmill walking Published In Perception
  2013	Vection induced by illusory motion in a stationary image Published In Perception
  2013	Virtual swimming - breaststroke body movements facilitate vection Published In Multisensory Research
  2012	Directionless vection: A new illusory self-motion perception Published In i-Perception
  2012	Horizontal fixation point oscillation and simulated viewpoint oscillation both increase vection in depth Published In Journal of Vision
  2012	Hunger enhances vertical vection Published In Perception
  2012	Independent effects of local and global binocular disparity on the perceived convexity of stereoscopically presented faces in scenes Published In Perception
  2012	Influence of head orientation and viewpoint oscillation on linear vection Published In Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation: an international journal of experimental and clinical vestibular science
  2012	Perceived display speed helps account for the 'jitter advantage' in vection Published In Perception
  2012	Perception of smooth and perturbed vection in short-duration microgravity Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2012	Refractive error and monocular viewing strengthen the hollow-face illusion Published In Perception
  2012	Second-order motion is less efficient at modulating vection strength Published In Seeing and Perceiving: an international journal on computation, perception, attention and action
  2012	Simulated angular head oscillation enhances vection in depth Published In Perception
  2012	The face inversion effect following pitch and yaw rotations: investigating the boundaries of holistic processing. Published In Frontiers in Psychology
  2012	Vection can be induced without global-motion awareness Published In Perception
  2012	Vection during conflicting multisensory information about the axis, magnitude and direction of self-motion Published In Perception
  2011	Binocular disparity magnitude affects perceived depth magnitude despite inversion of depth order Published In Perception
  2011	Depth interval estimates from motion parallax and binocular disparity beyond interaction space Published In Perception
  2011	Display lag and gain effects on vection experienced by active observers Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
  2011	Face viewpoint effects about three axes: the role of configural and featural processing Published In Perception
  2011	Independent modulation of motion and vection aftereffects revealed by using coherent oscillation and random jitter in optic flow Published In Vision Research
  2011	Simulated Viewpoint Jitter Shakes Sensory Conflict Accounts of Vection Published In Seeing and Perceiving
  2011	Vection in depth during consistent and inconsistent multisensory stimulation Published In Perception
  2010	Eccentric gaze dynamics enhance vection in depth Published In Journal of Vision
  2010	Pilot gaze and glideslope control Published In ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
  2010	Stereoscopic perception of real depths at large distances Published In Journal of Vision
  2010	The time course of configural change detection for novel 3-D objects Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
  2010	Visually mediated eye movements regulate the capture of optic flow in self-motion perception Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2009	Combined Pitch and Roll and Cybersickness in a Virtual Environment Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
  2009	Effects of gaze on vection from jittering, oscillating, and purely radial optic flow Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
  2009	Effects of simulated viewpoint jitter on visually induced postural sway Published In Perception
  2009	Stereoscopic depth magnitudes at greater distances in an old steam railway tunnel Published In Perception
  2009	Stereoscopic discrimination of the layout of ground surfaces Published In Journal of Vision
  2008	Accelerating self-motion displays produce more compelling vection in depth Published In Perception
  2008	Binocular slant discrimination beyond interaction space Published In Journal of Vision
  2008	Effects of active and passive viewpoint jitter on vection in depth Published In Brain Research Bulletin
  2008	Effects of scenery, lighting, glideslope and experience on timing the landing flare Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
  2008	Expanding and contracting optic-flow patterns and vection Published In Perception
  2008	Time-To-Contact Perception During Simulated Night Landing Published In The International Journal of Aviation Psychology
  2008	Vection change exacerbates simulator sickness in virtual environments Published In Presence
  2007	Expanding and contracting optical flow patterns and simulator sickness Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
  2007	Things are looking up: differential decline in face recognition following pitch and yaw rotation Published In Perception
  2007	Vertical display oscillation effects on forward vection and simulator sickness Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine

• Chapter

  Year	Title
  2015	Vision and virtual environments Published In Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementaiton, and Applications Publisher United States
  2010	Psychophysics of night vision device halos Published In Vision and Displays for Military and Security Applications Publisher New York

• Conference Paper

  Year	Title
  2019	Can we predict susceptibility to cybersickness? Published In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST
  2019	Comfortable locomotion in VR: Teleportation is not a complete solution Published In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST
  2019	Monocular viewing protects against cybersickness produced by head movements in the oculus rift Published In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST
  2018	Effects of head-display lag on presence in the Oculus Rift Published In VRST '18: Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
  2017	Evaluating 360-Virtual Reality for Mining Industry’s Safety Training Published In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: HCI International 2017 - Posters' and Extended Abstracts
  2016	A systematic approach to evaluate the role of virtual reality as a safety training tool in the context of the mining industry Published In Proceedings of the 2016 Coal Operators' Conference
  2015	Ground continuity and distance perception: An investigation of the effect of texture discontinuity on perceived distance Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
  2015	Walking without visual motion reduces subsequent vection Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
  2014	Evaluating the influence of virtual reality-based training on workers' competencies in the mining industry Published In 13th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation, MAS 2014
  2013	The short and the tall of it: The role of viewer height in recognising faces viewed from above and below. Published In Experimental Psychology Conference 2013
  2012	Generalisation from three-quarter views of faces in the yaw and pitch axes. Published In 39th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
  2010	The utility of different object properties in change detection Published In ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science
  2009	Binocular depth interval estimation beyond interaction space Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences
  2009	Effects of starting height, lighting and runway length on glideslope control and landing quality Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian
  2009	Factors effecting the perception of ground slant during simulated aircraft landing Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences
  2009	Glideslope perception during aircraft landing Published In Asia-Pacific Simulation and Taining Conference and Exhibition
  2009	Object change detection: effects of attention, change magnitude and part addition or deletion Published In 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
  2009	Psychophysics of night vision device halo Published In A Summary of Proceedings for the Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation Symposium
  2009	The role of eye movements in self-motion perception Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences
  2009	Visual factors affecting glideslope control and touchdown during simulated aircraft landing Published In Combined abstracts of 2009 Australian psychology conferences : The abstracts of the 44th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society
  2009	Where do pilots look when they land? Published In Combined abstracts of 2009 Australian psychology conferences: The abstracts of the 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
  2008	Face recognition following rotation about three axes Published In Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision
  2008	Global perspective jitter enhances vection in both active and passive observers Published In XXV Barany Society Meeting Program and Abstracts
  2008	Multiple axis rotation and cybersickness in a virtual environment Published In 2008 Abstracts of the AsMA Scientific Sessions. 79th Annual Scientific Meeting
  2008	Visual perception of smooth and perturbed self-motion Published In Canadian Space Agency: Life and Physical Sciences Workshop
  2008	Visual touchdown point perception during simulated landing Published In 35th Australasian experimental psychology conference
  2007	Effects of image intensifier halo on perceived layout Published In Helmet and Head Mounted Displays XII: Design and Applications. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 6557
  2007	Psychophysics of night vision device halo Published In Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation (ADDNS) Symposium

Investigator On

Year	Title
2021	Unleashing the potential of VR: reducing sickness in head-mounted displays Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2014	Evaluating the impact of Virtual Reality-based training on the competency of rescue brigades Awarded by: Coal Services Health and Safety Trust Funding Scheme: Research Grant
2011	Role of monocular regions in the binocular perception of 3D layout Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	Viewpoint changes during locomotion: Their role in self-motion perception and motion sickness. Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2009	Visual perception of smooth and perturbed self-motion in microgravity Awarded by: Canadian Space Agency Funding Scheme: Research Grant
2008	An investigation of long-range stereopsis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2007	Identification and examination of visual cues used in aircraft glideslope control Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
	Consequences of Sensory Conflict in Virtual Reality Awarded by: York University Funding Scheme: Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program
	Nonlinear analysis of the effects of vision on postural stability Awarded by: York University Funding Scheme: Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) Research Grant

Other Research Activities

• Assessing the feasibility of HMD-Based Virtual Reality for the delivery of remote telehealth. Coal Mines Insurance, Coal Services Ltd and an Innovation Connection Grant. 2020 - 2021
• Consequences of Sensory Conflict in Virtual Reality. Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) Distinguished Visiting Scholar Award 2020
• Delivering rehabilitation through immersive technology for remote mineworkers. Coal Services Ltd and Advantage SME 2018 - 2019
• Investigation of Visual Cues for Flare Timing and Control”. Aviation Safety Research Grants Program (ATSB), 2006 - 2007

Impact Story

Potential Supervision Topics

• Self-motion perception; Self-motion control; Vection.

  Eye-movements; Postural control.

  Virtual reality; Motion Sickness; Simulator Sickness; Cybersickness.

  Visual perception and control during aircraft landing.

  Stereopsis; Depth Perception.

   

Teaching Activities

• PSYC328 Visual Perception Coordinator & Lecturer 2019 -
• PSYC410 - Honours Empirical Thesis Lecturer 2017 -
• PSYC122 - Foundations of Psychology B Lecturer
• PSYC236 - Cognition & Perception Lecturer
• PSYC349 - Visual Perception Coordinator and Lecturer

Advisees

• Graduate Advising Relationship

  Degree	Research Title	Advisee
  Doctor of Philosophy	The Psychological Effects of Magnetic Fields on Occupationally-Exposed Individuals	Evans, Ian
  Doctor of Philosophy	Reduction of Cybersickness in HMDs: Participant, stimulus and hardware factors.	Arcioni, Benjamin
  Doctor of Philosophy	ERP Markers of Auditory Go/NoGo Processing	Fogarty, Jack
  Doctor of Philosophy	Auditory Vection: The Roles of Low and High-Level Psychoacoustic Properties in Auditory Illusions of Self-Motion.	Mursic, Rebecca
  Master of Philosophy	‘An Investigation of the Underlying Cognitive Processes Associated with Computer Programming.’	Zammit, Jessica
  Doctor of Philosophy	The Effects of Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation in HMD Cybersickness and Vection.	Teixeira, Joel

Professional Service Activities

• UOW Peer reviewer of teaching 2006 -

Education And Training

• D.Phil., University of New South Wales, Psychology, Perceiving self-motion in depth: The roles of stereoscopic, changing-size, ground plane and jitter information (Supervisor Prof Barbara Gillam) 1994 - 1997
• Centre for Vision Research, York University, Canada, Post-Doctoral Fellowship (with Prof Ian P. Howard) 1998 - 2000

Awards And Honors

• Distinguished visiting scholar travel award , conferred by Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA), York University Canada , 2020
• Vice-Chancellor's Award for Interdisciplinary Research Excellence., conferred by University of Wollongong, 2015
• Trailblazer Prize for Research Innovation and Commercialisation, conferred by University of Wollongong, 2010
• Trailblazer Prize for Research Innovation and Commercialisation, conferred by University of Wollongong, 2006
• Vice-Chanellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning , conferred by University of Wollongong, 2005
• University Medal, conferred by University of New South Wales, 1992

Teaching Overview

• I have taught in a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate psychology subjects at both UNSW (1993-1998) and UOW (2000-current) – including Introductory Psychology, Cognition, Developmental Psychology, Statistics and (primarily in) Perception. I was the first in my school to receive a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (a UOW OCTAL award) and have since played an important role in teacher development within UOW Psychology and University-wide.  I have served continuously as a UOW Peer Reviewer of Teaching since my Dean's nomination in 2006.

Keywords

• Perception; Vision Research; Self-motion Perception; Vection; Optic Flow; Postural Control; Eye-movements; Motion Sickness; Virtual Reality; Cybersickness; Simulator Sickness; Stereopsis; Depth Perception.

Full Name

• A/Prof Stephen Palmisano Palmisano

Mailing Address

• School of Psychology, University of Wollongong

  Wollongong

  NSW

  2522

  Australia

Geographic Location

• Wollongong, Australia 

Located In Facility

• Building 41 
• Perception and Action Laboratory (PAL) 22.G21 

Orcid Id

• http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-5681 (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

• O-1553-2018

Scopus Id

• 6701694405

Top Publications

Year	Title
2020	Cybersickness in Head-Mounted Displays Is Caused by Differences in the User's Virtual and Physical Head Pose Published in   Frontiers in Virtual Reality
2019	Effects of steering locomotion and teleporting on cybersickness and presence in HMD-based virtual reality Published in   Virtual Reality: research, development and applications
2018	Postural stability predicts the likelihood of cybersickness in active HMD-based virtual reality Published in   Displays
2017	Vection and cybersickness generated by head-and-display motion in the Oculus Rift Published in   Displays
2015	Future challenges for vection research: definitions, functional significance, measures, and neural bases Published in   Frontiers in Psychology
2015	The Oculus Rift: a cost-effective tool for studying visual-vestibular interactions in self-motion perception Published in   Frontiers in Psychology
2014	Chaos in balance: Non-linear measures of postural control predict individual variations in visual illusions of motion Published in   PLoS One
2011	Simulated Viewpoint Jitter Shakes Sensory Conflict Accounts of Vection Published in   Seeing and Perceiving
2010	Stereoscopic perception of real depths at large distances Published in   Journal of Vision
2009	Combined Pitch and Roll and Cybersickness in a Virtual Environment Published in   Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine

Research Areas

• 080111 - VIRTUAL REALITY AND RELATED SIMULATION
• 1701 - PSYCHOLOGY
• 1702 - COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Research Overview

• Stephen Palmisano is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong. He received his PhD from the University of New South Wales in 1997 under the supervision of Professor Barbara Gillam, and then worked as a post-doctoral fellow with Professor Ian P Howard from 1998-2000 at the Centre for Vision Research, York University, Canada. His research investigates how we perceive and control our own self-motions (such as walking as well as traveling in cars, trains and even planes) and role that binocular vision plays in our perception of depth (so called stereoscopic perception).  Much of his research now examines head-mounted display based virtual reality - looking at experiences of vection, presence and cybersickness during immersive simulations and gameplay.

Head Of

• School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences Head of Postgraduate Studies 2018 -

Member Of

• Frontiers in Virtual Reality Action Editor 2020 -
• UOW Review of Research and Research Training Subjects Working Group Member 2020 -
• VISTA (Vision: Science to Applications) Affiliate member 2020 -
• Vision (The Journal) Editorial Board Member 2020 -
• York University: The Centre for Vision Research Affiliate member 2020 -
• Higher Degree Research Training Advisory Committee 2019 -
• Defense Working Group Faculty of Social Sciences Representative 2018 -
• The Australasian Experimental Psychology Society Member 2000 -
• The Vision Sciences Society Member 1998 -
• ERA 1700 FOR CODE Champion and member of the REI Leadership Group 2018
• University Publication Management System Evaluation Committee Member 2017
• Centre for Health Initiatives Research Director (Human Factors & Work) 2015 - 2017
• Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Director of Early Career Research, Engagement and Development 2014 - 2017
• Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty Research Committee 2013 - 2016
• Frontiers in Psychology (Perception Science) Special Issue Editor 2015
• Centre of Psychophysics, Psychophysiology and Psychopharmacology Research Centre Director 2011 - 2014
• Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Research Committee 2007 - 2013
• Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Research Committee 2001 - 2003

Has Collaborator

• Barry, Robert J.  Professor
• Chan, Amy YC.  Dr. & Honours Coordinator
• Croft, Rodney J.  Available as Research Supervisor
• De Blasio, Frances  Dr
• Favelle, Simone K.  Available as Research Supervisor
• Hill, Harold C.   Dr.
• Miellet, Sebastien R.  Dr.
• Pedram, Shiva  Dr.
• Perez, Pascal  Senior Professor
• Roodenrys, Steven  Available as Research Supervisor
• Stapley, Paul J.  Professor, Sensorimotor Neuroscience

Selected Publications

• Journal Article

  Year	Title
  2020	Cybersickness in Head-Mounted Displays Is Caused by Differences in the User's Virtual and Physical Head Pose Published In Frontiers in Virtual Reality
  2020	Effects of dynamic field-of-view restriction on cybersickness and presence in HMD-based virtual reality Published In Virtual Reality: research, development and applications
  2020	Examining the potential of virtual reality to deliver remote rehabilitation Published In Computers in Human Behavior
  2020	Investigating the process of mine rescuers' safety training with immersive virtual reality: A structural equation modelling approach Published In Computers and Education
  2020	Multisensory integration and the experience of scene instability, presence and cybersickness in virtual environments Published In Computers in Human Behavior
  2020	The Shepard–Risset glissando: identifying the origins of metaphorical auditory vection and motion sickness Published In Multisensory Research
  2020	The stereoscopic advantage for vection persists despite reversed disparity Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
  2019	Effects of postural stability, active control, exposure duration and repeated exposures on HMD induced cybersickness Published In Displays
  2019	Effects of steering locomotion and teleporting on cybersickness and presence in HMD-based virtual reality Published In Virtual Reality: research, development and applications
  2019	Frequency-dependent and montage-based differences in phosphene perception thresholds via transcranial alternating current stimulation Published In Bioelectromagnetics
  2019	Perceived Scene Stability Predicts Presence and Cybersickness Published In i-Perception
  2019	The factors affecting the quality of learning process and outcome in virtual reality environment for safety training in the context of mining industry Published In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
  2019	Vection induced by low-level motion extracted from complex animation films Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2019	Vection strength increases with simulated eye-separation Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
  2018	A qualitative evaluation of the role of virtual reality as a safety training tool for the mining industry Published In Lecture Notes in Computer Science
  2018	Postural stability predicts the likelihood of cybersickness in active HMD-based virtual reality Published In Displays
  2018	Predicting vection and visually induced motion sickness based on spontaneous postural activity Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2018	The search for instantaneous vection: An oscillating visual prime reduces vection onset latency Published In PLoS One
  2018	Vection Is Enhanced by Increased Exposure to Optic Flow Published In i-Perception
  2018	Vection increases with optic flow exposure duration Published In i-Perception
  2018	View specific generalisation effects in face recognition: Front and yaw comparison views are better than pitch Published In PLoS One
  2017	Cortical Correlates of the Simulated Viewpoint Oscillation Advantage for Vection Published In Multisensory Research
  2017	The Oscillating Potential Model of Visually Induced Vection Published In i-Perception
  2017	The Shepard–Risset glissando: music that moves you Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2017	Vection and cybersickness generated by head-and-display motion in the Oculus Rift Published In Displays
  2016	Age-related effects of increasing postural challenge on eye movement onset latencies to visual targets Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2016	Identifying objective EEG based markers of linear vection in depth Published In Frontiers in Psychology
  2016	Relative visual oscillation can facilitate visually induced self-motion perception Published In i-Perception
  2016	Stereoscopic advantages for vection induced by radial, circular, and spiral optic flows Published In Journal of Vision
  2016	The nature and timing of tele-pseudoscopic experiences Published In i-Perception
  2016	Vection depends on perceived surface properties Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
  2015	Change magnitude does not guide attention in an object change detection task Published In Perception
  2015	Future challenges for vection research: definitions, functional significance, measures, and neural bases Published In Frontiers in Psychology
  2015	The Oculus Rift: a cost-effective tool for studying visual-vestibular interactions in self-motion perception Published In Frontiers in Psychology
  2015	Walking without optic flow reduces subsequent vection Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2014	Binocular contributions to linear vertical vection Published In Journal of Vision
  2014	Chaos in balance: Non-linear measures of postural control predict individual variations in visual illusions of motion Published In PLoS One
  2014	Evidence against an ecological explanation of the jitter advantage for vection Published In Frontiers in Psychology
  2014	Illusory scene shearing during real and illusory self-rotations in roll Published In i-Perception
  2014	Monocular and binocular edges enhance the perception of stereoscopic slant Published In Vision Research
  2014	Spontaneous postural sway predicts the strength of smooth vection Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2014	The role of perceived speed in vection: Does perceived speed modulate the jitter and oscillation advantages? Published In PLoS One
  2013	Perceived gravitoinertial force during vection Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
  2013	Perception of smooth and perturbed vection in short-duration microgravity Published In Journal of Vision
  2013	Spontaneous postural instability predicts susceptibility to smooth vection Published In Journal of Vision
  2013	The role of monocular regions in the perception of stereoscopic surfaces Published In Perception
  2013	Vection in depth during treadmill walking Published In Perception
  2013	Vection induced by illusory motion in a stationary image Published In Perception
  2013	Virtual swimming - breaststroke body movements facilitate vection Published In Multisensory Research
  2012	Directionless vection: A new illusory self-motion perception Published In i-Perception
  2012	Horizontal fixation point oscillation and simulated viewpoint oscillation both increase vection in depth Published In Journal of Vision
  2012	Hunger enhances vertical vection Published In Perception
  2012	Independent effects of local and global binocular disparity on the perceived convexity of stereoscopically presented faces in scenes Published In Perception
  2012	Influence of head orientation and viewpoint oscillation on linear vection Published In Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation: an international journal of experimental and clinical vestibular science
  2012	Perceived display speed helps account for the 'jitter advantage' in vection Published In Perception
  2012	Perception of smooth and perturbed vection in short-duration microgravity Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2012	Refractive error and monocular viewing strengthen the hollow-face illusion Published In Perception
  2012	Second-order motion is less efficient at modulating vection strength Published In Seeing and Perceiving: an international journal on computation, perception, attention and action
  2012	Simulated angular head oscillation enhances vection in depth Published In Perception
  2012	The face inversion effect following pitch and yaw rotations: investigating the boundaries of holistic processing. Published In Frontiers in Psychology
  2012	Vection can be induced without global-motion awareness Published In Perception
  2012	Vection during conflicting multisensory information about the axis, magnitude and direction of self-motion Published In Perception
  2011	Binocular disparity magnitude affects perceived depth magnitude despite inversion of depth order Published In Perception
  2011	Depth interval estimates from motion parallax and binocular disparity beyond interaction space Published In Perception
  2011	Display lag and gain effects on vection experienced by active observers Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
  2011	Face viewpoint effects about three axes: the role of configural and featural processing Published In Perception
  2011	Independent modulation of motion and vection aftereffects revealed by using coherent oscillation and random jitter in optic flow Published In Vision Research
  2011	Simulated Viewpoint Jitter Shakes Sensory Conflict Accounts of Vection Published In Seeing and Perceiving
  2011	Vection in depth during consistent and inconsistent multisensory stimulation Published In Perception
  2010	Eccentric gaze dynamics enhance vection in depth Published In Journal of Vision
  2010	Pilot gaze and glideslope control Published In ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
  2010	Stereoscopic perception of real depths at large distances Published In Journal of Vision
  2010	The time course of configural change detection for novel 3-D objects Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
  2010	Visually mediated eye movements regulate the capture of optic flow in self-motion perception Published In Experimental Brain Research
  2009	Combined Pitch and Roll and Cybersickness in a Virtual Environment Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
  2009	Effects of gaze on vection from jittering, oscillating, and purely radial optic flow Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
  2009	Effects of simulated viewpoint jitter on visually induced postural sway Published In Perception
  2009	Stereoscopic depth magnitudes at greater distances in an old steam railway tunnel Published In Perception
  2009	Stereoscopic discrimination of the layout of ground surfaces Published In Journal of Vision
  2008	Accelerating self-motion displays produce more compelling vection in depth Published In Perception
  2008	Binocular slant discrimination beyond interaction space Published In Journal of Vision
  2008	Effects of active and passive viewpoint jitter on vection in depth Published In Brain Research Bulletin
  2008	Effects of scenery, lighting, glideslope and experience on timing the landing flare Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
  2008	Expanding and contracting optic-flow patterns and vection Published In Perception
  2008	Time-To-Contact Perception During Simulated Night Landing Published In The International Journal of Aviation Psychology
  2008	Vection change exacerbates simulator sickness in virtual environments Published In Presence
  2007	Expanding and contracting optical flow patterns and simulator sickness Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
  2007	Things are looking up: differential decline in face recognition following pitch and yaw rotation Published In Perception
  2007	Vertical display oscillation effects on forward vection and simulator sickness Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine

• Chapter

  Year	Title
  2015	Vision and virtual environments Published In Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementaiton, and Applications Publisher United States
  2010	Psychophysics of night vision device halos Published In Vision and Displays for Military and Security Applications Publisher New York

• Conference Paper

  Year	Title
  2019	Can we predict susceptibility to cybersickness? Published In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST
  2019	Comfortable locomotion in VR: Teleportation is not a complete solution Published In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST
  2019	Monocular viewing protects against cybersickness produced by head movements in the oculus rift Published In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST
  2018	Effects of head-display lag on presence in the Oculus Rift Published In VRST '18: Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
  2017	Evaluating 360-Virtual Reality for Mining Industry’s Safety Training Published In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: HCI International 2017 - Posters' and Extended Abstracts
  2016	A systematic approach to evaluate the role of virtual reality as a safety training tool in the context of the mining industry Published In Proceedings of the 2016 Coal Operators' Conference
  2015	Ground continuity and distance perception: An investigation of the effect of texture discontinuity on perceived distance Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
  2015	Walking without visual motion reduces subsequent vection Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
  2014	Evaluating the influence of virtual reality-based training on workers' competencies in the mining industry Published In 13th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation, MAS 2014
  2013	The short and the tall of it: The role of viewer height in recognising faces viewed from above and below. Published In Experimental Psychology Conference 2013
  2012	Generalisation from three-quarter views of faces in the yaw and pitch axes. Published In 39th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
  2010	The utility of different object properties in change detection Published In ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science
  2009	Binocular depth interval estimation beyond interaction space Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences
  2009	Effects of starting height, lighting and runway length on glideslope control and landing quality Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian
  2009	Factors effecting the perception of ground slant during simulated aircraft landing Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences
  2009	Glideslope perception during aircraft landing Published In Asia-Pacific Simulation and Taining Conference and Exhibition
  2009	Object change detection: effects of attention, change magnitude and part addition or deletion Published In 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
  2009	Psychophysics of night vision device halo Published In A Summary of Proceedings for the Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation Symposium
  2009	The role of eye movements in self-motion perception Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences
  2009	Visual factors affecting glideslope control and touchdown during simulated aircraft landing Published In Combined abstracts of 2009 Australian psychology conferences : The abstracts of the 44th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society
  2009	Where do pilots look when they land? Published In Combined abstracts of 2009 Australian psychology conferences: The abstracts of the 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
  2008	Face recognition following rotation about three axes Published In Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision
  2008	Global perspective jitter enhances vection in both active and passive observers Published In XXV Barany Society Meeting Program and Abstracts
  2008	Multiple axis rotation and cybersickness in a virtual environment Published In 2008 Abstracts of the AsMA Scientific Sessions. 79th Annual Scientific Meeting
  2008	Visual perception of smooth and perturbed self-motion Published In Canadian Space Agency: Life and Physical Sciences Workshop
  2008	Visual touchdown point perception during simulated landing Published In 35th Australasian experimental psychology conference
  2007	Effects of image intensifier halo on perceived layout Published In Helmet and Head Mounted Displays XII: Design and Applications. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 6557
  2007	Psychophysics of night vision device halo Published In Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation (ADDNS) Symposium

Investigator On

Year	Title
2021	Unleashing the potential of VR: reducing sickness in head-mounted displays Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2014	Evaluating the impact of Virtual Reality-based training on the competency of rescue brigades Awarded by: Coal Services Health and Safety Trust Funding Scheme: Research Grant
2011	Role of monocular regions in the binocular perception of 3D layout Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	Viewpoint changes during locomotion: Their role in self-motion perception and motion sickness. Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2009	Visual perception of smooth and perturbed self-motion in microgravity Awarded by: Canadian Space Agency Funding Scheme: Research Grant
2008	An investigation of long-range stereopsis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2007	Identification and examination of visual cues used in aircraft glideslope control Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
	Consequences of Sensory Conflict in Virtual Reality Awarded by: York University Funding Scheme: Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program
	Nonlinear analysis of the effects of vision on postural stability Awarded by: York University Funding Scheme: Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) Research Grant

Other Research Activities

• Assessing the feasibility of HMD-Based Virtual Reality for the delivery of remote telehealth. Coal Mines Insurance, Coal Services Ltd and an Innovation Connection Grant. 2020 - 2021
• Consequences of Sensory Conflict in Virtual Reality. Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) Distinguished Visiting Scholar Award 2020
• Delivering rehabilitation through immersive technology for remote mineworkers. Coal Services Ltd and Advantage SME 2018 - 2019
• Investigation of Visual Cues for Flare Timing and Control”. Aviation Safety Research Grants Program (ATSB), 2006 - 2007

Impact Story

Potential Supervision Topics

• Self-motion perception; Self-motion control; Vection.

  Eye-movements; Postural control.

  Virtual reality; Motion Sickness; Simulator Sickness; Cybersickness.

  Visual perception and control during aircraft landing.

  Stereopsis; Depth Perception.

   

Teaching Activities

• PSYC328 Visual Perception Coordinator & Lecturer 2019 -
• PSYC410 - Honours Empirical Thesis Lecturer 2017 -
• PSYC122 - Foundations of Psychology B Lecturer
• PSYC236 - Cognition & Perception Lecturer
• PSYC349 - Visual Perception Coordinator and Lecturer

Advisees

• Graduate Advising Relationship

  Degree	Research Title	Advisee
  Doctor of Philosophy	The Psychological Effects of Magnetic Fields on Occupationally-Exposed Individuals	Evans, Ian
  Doctor of Philosophy	Reduction of Cybersickness in HMDs: Participant, stimulus and hardware factors.	Arcioni, Benjamin
  Doctor of Philosophy	ERP Markers of Auditory Go/NoGo Processing	Fogarty, Jack
  Doctor of Philosophy	Auditory Vection: The Roles of Low and High-Level Psychoacoustic Properties in Auditory Illusions of Self-Motion.	Mursic, Rebecca
  Master of Philosophy	‘An Investigation of the Underlying Cognitive Processes Associated with Computer Programming.’	Zammit, Jessica
  Doctor of Philosophy	The Effects of Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation in HMD Cybersickness and Vection.	Teixeira, Joel

Professional Service Activities

• UOW Peer reviewer of teaching 2006 -

Education And Training

• D.Phil., University of New South Wales, Psychology, Perceiving self-motion in depth: The roles of stereoscopic, changing-size, ground plane and jitter information (Supervisor Prof Barbara Gillam) 1994 - 1997
• Centre for Vision Research, York University, Canada, Post-Doctoral Fellowship (with Prof Ian P. Howard) 1998 - 2000

Awards And Honors

• Distinguished visiting scholar travel award , conferred by Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA), York University Canada , 2020
• Vice-Chancellor's Award for Interdisciplinary Research Excellence., conferred by University of Wollongong, 2015
• Trailblazer Prize for Research Innovation and Commercialisation, conferred by University of Wollongong, 2010
• Trailblazer Prize for Research Innovation and Commercialisation, conferred by University of Wollongong, 2006
• Vice-Chanellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning , conferred by University of Wollongong, 2005
• University Medal, conferred by University of New South Wales, 1992

Teaching Overview

• I have taught in a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate psychology subjects at both UNSW (1993-1998) and UOW (2000-current) – including Introductory Psychology, Cognition, Developmental Psychology, Statistics and (primarily in) Perception. I was the first in my school to receive a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (a UOW OCTAL award) and have since played an important role in teacher development within UOW Psychology and University-wide.  I have served continuously as a UOW Peer Reviewer of Teaching since my Dean's nomination in 2006.

Keywords

• Perception; Vision Research; Self-motion Perception; Vection; Optic Flow; Postural Control; Eye-movements; Motion Sickness; Virtual Reality; Cybersickness; Simulator Sickness; Stereopsis; Depth Perception.

Full Name

• A/Prof Stephen Palmisano Palmisano

Mailing Address

• School of Psychology, University of Wollongong

  Wollongong

  NSW

  2522

  Australia

Geographic Location

• Wollongong, Australia 

Located In Facility

• Building 41 
• Perception and Action Laboratory (PAL) 22.G21 

Orcid Id

• http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-5681 (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

• O-1553-2018

Scopus Id

• 6701694405